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The Shah retreated upon Lahor; and the disordered state of the Doab began to be reflected in the only half-subdued conquests of the Viceroy of Audh in Rohilkand.

From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

The chants—there were three of them, all told—were measured and rather slowly uttered melodies, varied with an occasional half-subdued shrill cry.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

Everybody was in a hurry to give his opinion about life; but all spoke in a half-subdued voice, and the mother noticed a tone of hostility in all, which was new to her.

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim

When the mushroom season came in, the market assumed an aspect of half-subdued brilliancy with the many sombre and high-colored varieties of that fungus.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Joan regarded the little thing with a look of half-subdued pride.

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson